Firewater - June 25, 2008

A Raven lands on a pole as the smoke colored sun outlines his figure. The California fires have brought much smoke turning the sun into a red orange ball. The sun disappears into the smoke towards sundown.

Joel 3:15 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.

Joel 3:16 The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.

The creek reflects the fiery sun, appearing as fire in water.

Exo 9:23 And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt.

Exo 9:24 So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation..

The geese swim and feed in the red reflection. Is this the day Jesus will come?

Mat 24:29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

Mat 24:30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

Mat 24:31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Something different about this water? The goose is in fire, but not burnt up.

1 Pet 4:12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:

1 Pet 4:13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.

1 Pet 4:14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

A Closer Look - June 17, 2008

A pair of Evening Primroses shining bright.

Gen 1:16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

A young Katydid eating the aphids that damage the roses.

Job 14:1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.

Job 14:2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

Katydids are related to the grasshopper and crickets. Like the crickets it makes music by rubbing it's legs together. It has a face like a horse.

Lev 11:21 Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth;

Lev 11:22 Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.

Lev 11:23 But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you.

A Red tailed hawk. His keen eyesight leads him to small rodents and birds.

Deu 34:7 And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.

Deu 34:8 And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.

Deu 34:9 And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses.

Deu 34:10 And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face,

Weeds and Wonderful Things - June 9, 2008

An outline of a bird was all I saw, but when I enlarged the picture there were young birds

Gen 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Gen 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them..

Merganser Ducks with her young. It was a wonderful thing to see them swimming together in the swift currant of the River. Family love and care. I noticed in our paper a pair of males getting married. This is confusion to God's design.

Eccl 11:9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

Eccl 11:10 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.

Eccl 12:1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

A White Egret in flight is a wonderful thing to see.

Psa 40:4 Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

Psa 40:5 Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

The Jimson weed is beautiful, as a white lily in the middle of other weeds. This flower weed one is poisonous to cattle.

Prov 3:19 The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.

Prov 3:20 By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.

Prov 3:21 My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

Prov 3:22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

Prov 3:23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.

Prov 3:24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet..

Our church garden is a lot of work, each row dug by shovels and hand planted. It is beautiful to see a garden where there was none. The weeds are starting to grow too. The church is in the background.

Isa 58:6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

Isa 58:7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

Isa 58:8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.

Isa 58:9 Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;

Isa 58:10 And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon day:

Isa 58:11 And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

Sin and Innocence - June 4, 2008

These two golden leaves stood out from the other green Blackberry leaves. They were attacked by a fungus, the condition is called orange leaf. What appeared as beautiful was a disease.

Exo 32:33 And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.

Exo 32:34 Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.

Exo 32:35 And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the (golden) calf, which Aaron made.

Colorful leaves and berries adorn the Poison Oak plant. Look, but do not touch. Some people have strange and harmful beliefs, we are to avoid them.

Ezek 2:4 For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD.

Ezek 2:5 And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them.

Ezek 2:6 And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.

A fawn walks up the trail where I stood motionless with my camera.

Song 2:9 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, showing himself through the lattice.

He was seeking some green grass near bye. He was not looking for trouble. He had no rack of horns to protect himself, or to be hung on a hunters wall. He was young and innocent.

Prov 1:10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

Prov 1:11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

Prov 1:12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: